Dunlop recommendations rear tyre
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Dunlop recommendations rear tyre
I saw on Dunlop´s website that they recommend 170/60 on the rear for the TRX (this is the qualifier´s wich i´m really satified with) and i´m thinking of getting those next time around.
Got a standard TRX hugger from Pyramid though and those of you who got ´em know that it´s quite a tight fit...is it just to chuck it on ebay or what you think?
Anyone in here who tried 170 tyres?
(to lazy to buy and fit a YZF rear....)
Got a standard TRX hugger from Pyramid though and those of you who got ´em know that it´s quite a tight fit...is it just to chuck it on ebay or what you think?
Anyone in here who tried 170 tyres?
(to lazy to buy and fit a YZF rear....)
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Re: Dunlop recommendations rear tyre
Just fit the wheel... Who needs that extra swingarm stuff anyhow? Well, 'cept Honky. He thinks the YZF job isn't tough enough for his steel pipes so he had to weld it into one big hunk.Killerwhale wrote: (to lazy to buy and fit a YZF rear....)
The nice thing about having a 5.5... You actually have a choice of the current tires. Not picking out of the old batches or something off a 250.
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Re: Dunlop recommendations rear tyre
I guess i´m even too lazy to do your mod with changing distances etc etc...!? Well see, as of now i´m good with the 160 qualifier!Max wrote:Just fit the wheel... Who needs that extra swingarm stuff anyhow? Well, 'cept Honky. He thinks the YZF job isn't tough enough for his steel pipes so he had to weld it into one big hunk.Killerwhale wrote: (to lazy to buy and fit a YZF rear....)
The nice thing about having a 5.5... You actually have a choice of the current tires. Not picking out of the old batches or something off a 250.
....did you get my PM?? ....i saw that there have been some problems so i thought i ask!
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Checked around a bit....Max wrote:Just fit the wheel... Who needs that extra swingarm stuff anyhow? Well, 'cept Honky. He thinks the YZF job isn't tough enough for his steel pipes so he had to weld it into one big hunk.Killerwhale wrote: (to lazy to buy and fit a YZF rear....)
The nice thing about having a 5.5... You actually have a choice of the current tires. Not picking out of the old batches or something off a 250.
If you go dymag´s they would give ya 3.50 front and 6.00 back....one should get a 190 on that rim heh??
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I wouldn't. You'd be robbing yourself of a few HP trying to look cool. Not only that, but it would handle like a pig in traffic. My point about the 5.50 is you can select from the 180 section tires of which there are many as the 600s run them.
I don't really think the latest sticky 160s are designed with the torque and weight of a TRX in mind, but that's just a guess.
I don't really think the latest sticky 160s are designed with the torque and weight of a TRX in mind, but that's just a guess.
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...5.50 is the width of the smaller dymag´s.Max wrote:I wouldn't. You'd be robbing yourself of a few HP trying to look cool. Not only that, but it would handle like a pig in traffic. My point about the 5.50 is you can select from the 180 section tires of which there are many as the 600s run them.
I don't really think the latest sticky 160s are designed with the torque and weight of a TRX in mind, but that's just a guess.
Anyway, the wheels just weighs 1,2Kg without the hub so i think you´ll benefit quite a bit there.
I might mention that they are carbonwheels....
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You'll be surprised! The popular UK mini twin race series runs SV650s and ER6s, both of which run 160 rear section tyres, and so there is a fairly decent market for sticky 160 tyres.I don't really think the latest sticky 160s are designed with the torque and weight of a TRX in mind, but that's just a guess.
Also a lot of the supermotos use 160s as well. Apart from the Diablo Corsa (which I don't think comes in a 160) pretty much every other tyre is available in the UK as a 160.